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Learn PHP from Scratch

Explore PHP basics like Conditionals, Loops, Functions, and Arrays, then dive into advanced topics such as Classes, Inheritance, and Exception Handling to boost your programming skills.

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71 Lessons

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Explore PHP basics like Conditionals, Loops, Functions, and Arrays, then dive into advanced topics such as Classes, Inheritance, and Exception Handling to boost your programming skills.

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102 Playgrounds

15 Challenges

14 Quizzes

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Course Overview

This highly interactive course introduces you to fundamental programming concepts in PHP, one of the most popular languages in the world. It begins with a simple Hello world program and proceeds on to cover common concepts such as Conditional Statements, Loop Statements, and Logic in PHP. It then reflects upon the idea of Functions and Arrays, as well as the power they give to the programmer to write better code. Finally, it dives deeper in order to teach about advanced concepts such as Classes, Inherit...Show More

Course Content

Getting Started

4 Lessons

Get familiar with PHP basics by writing "Hello World" and simple output.

Hello World

"Hello World" Explained

Quiz

Challenge: Displaying Output

Variables

5 Lessons

Look at PHP variables, data types, constants, and variable variables for flexible coding.

Variables and Data Types

Quick Quiz on Variables

Variable Variables

Constants

Challenge: Make Variables

Operators

6 Lessons

Examine various PHP operators to perform arithmetic, logical, comparison, and assignment operations.

Introduction to Operators

Arithmetic Operators

Precedence and Associativity

Comparison Operators

Logical Operators

Assignment Operators

Conditional Statements

7 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of PHP conditional statements, including if-else, switch, and ternary operators.

if-else Statement

if-elseif-else Statement

Switch Statement

Ternary Operator

Quiz

Challenge: Even or Odd

Challenge: Making a Calculator

Loops

11 Lessons

Solve problems in PHP through various loop structures, from while to for and foreach.

Introduction to Loops

Equivalence of Looping Structures

Infinite Loops

Quiz

Challenge: Multiplication Table of a Number

Challenge: Fibonacci Sequence up to n Number Of Terms

Challenge: Pyramid Printing By Using For Loop

Functions

10 Lessons

Investigate PHP functions, passing arguments, variable scopes, recursion, and related challenges.

Introduction

Passing Arguments in Functions

Pass by Value

Pass by Reference

Variable Scope

Challenge: Sum of two Numbers

Challenge: Letter Grade to GPA

Recursion

Challenge: Fibonacci Sequence

Quick Quiz on Functions

Strings

5 Lessons

Build on string manipulation, operators, built-in functions, and substring challenges in PHP.

Strings

String Operators

Built-in Functions

Challenge: Check Substring

Quiz

Arrays

10 Lessons

Sharpen your skills in PHP arrays, including their operations, challenges, and advanced manipulations.

Arrays and their Operations

Challenge: Find the Maximum Value

Multidimensional Array

Challenge: Print a Matrix

Quiz 1

Adding Elements in an Array

Removing Elements from Arrays

Sorting Arrays

Merging Arrays

Quiz 2

PHP Assessment 1

Assessment

10.

Classes and Inheritance

9 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of PHP classes, inheritance, access modifiers, constructors, and practical exercises.

Introduction To Classes

Defining Classes

$this and self

Constructors & Destructors

Method and Property Visibility

Inheritance

Quiz

Exercise: Calculating Area

Exercise: Students Average Marks

11.

Exception Handling

4 Lessons

Examine how to manage PHP exceptions, use the Exception class, and create custom handlers.

PHP Assessment 2

Assessment

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